Fence-post.



G. M. ZIMMERMAN.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25. I916- Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

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Application filed September- 525,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. ZIMMER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fort Sumner, in the county of Guadalupe and State ofNew Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fence Wire connections particularly of the typeby which a fence fabric wire or other barrier may be attached to thepost, and I especially aim to .provide a construction which will not require the use of means additional to the barrier and post to accomplishthe fastening function, and to this end to provide a particular form ofslot in the post so as to receive and retain the barrier.

The invention aims broadly to provide a round or rounded fence post witha geculiar form of slot, all parts of which are oblique to the length ofthe post and the extremities of which are far remote as possible fromthe shank of the slot so that the post will not be unduly weakened.

A further object is to provide the extremities of" the slot withenlargements or eyes so that when the wire reaches these extreinities itis or may be left to an extent, free for longitudinal movement throughthe post it subsequently necessary.

Additional objects and advantages will appear hereinafter as thedescription. of the invention progresses in connection Withaccoinpanying drawings illustrating one preferred cinbodin'ient andwherein z- Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a fence post showing aWire or barrier fragment attached thereto. and

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters designate like or similar parts, a fence post is shown no at3. It is to be taken as conventional form oi upright post. entirelycylindrical as seen in Fig. 1 or at least curved on the face pro sentcdto the reader as seen in Fig. 1; and a fragment of the fence Wire shownat 4: is to 30 be attached to this post at right angles thereto. Thisfragment may also designate a plain WllP. a barbed wire, or anyappropriate form of fencing barrier as possibly a piece of Wire fabric,which will herein be referred to by the term wire. It is only necessaryto assume that, at the time this Wire is first laid on line of posts, itis to and it is to be ti hten The post is provide a substantially i madeup of ar' is diagonal to 1 .n in It. and two to 6 which may be said tocc of the 25, each bei length of the i bat in tion opposite to theinclinati slot or shank 5, "i'i'l'iii acute angle seen. The half thelength of the sha' extremities lie in her: opposite the center oi the Tslot, and said extremities a i, eyes 7 Whose relative size is she views.Between the left arm. slot is a pendant tang or too tween the main slotand the 1S. upstanding tang or tooth $1., the being left in the curvedbody when the slot is cut therein. All of a width to admit the ""J'iffir and the eyes '7 are la the slots. thev also will more less ing totheir size. They may be r ably are or such size and dispm when the Wireis drawn taut as it may extend straigh eyes and along a chord madelarger the Wire 1' through the two eyes, Wh made small r their cornerstionally with the wire and tard its sli 'ipage through them. ditiotridepend upon the size of the size of the Wire. and the nature oi t ywhich I mean that i'i a round wire and plain wire as iihistra: Thedisposition of the shank othe 4: oblique in one direction and thetcrniiiirds 1 thereof obliqir. in the opposite direction, leaves 'i'angs8 and ll of considers ni)l. that the material oi the post is shed; andalso it brings the e. around to the sides of the post so i need notnecessariiy be so large in i permit the Wire l'o'pass freely thrc Inapplying the Wire to a post slotted in this manner, he slacis picked upand laid shank 5 as lllCllCfltQCl in dotted lines in a pm 01) [i q 1,14;to said leng'i;

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